UNITE HERE, a labor union in the U.S. and Canada, issued the following news release:
Today, low wage workers at Denver International Airport began collecting signatures to place the Denver Airport Minimum Wage Initiative on the May 2019 Denver citywide ballot. The ballot measure would raise the minimum wage for workers at DIA to $15 by 2021.
“I thought working for a big company like United at the airport would be a good job. But my daughter and I have to share a house with 20 other people because I can’t afford to live in Denver on my own,” said Teresita Felix, a United Airlines catering worker at DIA. “That’s why we’re fighting for $15 for DIA.”
